Silent Love

Some exist with pride, others struggle with pride, some compete with pride, and there are those who fail with pride, but very few can walk away with pride. 
Congratulations, for as you read these lines, you have witnessed the whole lives of many great basketball players.
This pronunciation was embodied when Stephen Curry, after facing defeat in 2021, claimed that no one would want to face them the following season; When Tim Duncan was convinced before the start of the 2014 Finals that they would not mess up; When Kobe Bryant promised at Old Buss's memorial to take the Lakers to the playoffs; When Nowitzki, shedding his label as a soft player, retreated to the locker room in tears at night; When Kevin Garnett let out a skyward howl after holding the championship trophy; When the 2004 Detroit Pistons won and the F4 Lakers lost…

Our story begins in an era when pride still mattered.

Basketball Legend: When Pride Still Matters

"Unless you promise me another three years like this, I won't hand this trophy over to you."


After the 2016 Finals, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made a joke to Yu Fei while holding the microphone.


"Three years like this" means leading the Clippers, a team universally known as perennial underdogs, to the Western Conference Finals and then winning the championship two years in a row.


Such an impossible task could only be accomplished by the greatest player in history.


Sparse laughter emerged from the crowd, for it was an away game, and New Yorkers found it hard to accept their team being defeated by the Clippers in this manner.


Nevertheless, this moment was truly extraordinary.


Fifteen years, ten championships, tenth time FMVP.


Yu Fei just smiled and didn't say anything.


Then, Bill Russell handed him the trophy.


"How many more times do I need to do this for you?" Russell joked.


Chapter 620: Not That Regret